What is an integrated address and can I mine to one?

A Monero integrated address combines a standard wallet address with a short payment ID, which is a label that helps the receiver identify your payment. You can mine to one only if your mining pool or service explicitly supports integrated addresses for payouts.

What an integrated address does

Think of an integrated address as a wallet address with a reference number already attached. The address tells the sender where to send XMR. The payment ID helps the receiver work out which account or payment the transfer belongs to.

A standard Monero address is usually 95 characters long. An integrated address is 106 characters long and contains an 8-byte payment ID—a small piece of identifying data.

That ID does not create a separate wallet or give anyone access to your funds. A compatible sender extracts it from the integrated address and includes it, encrypted, with the payment.

Integrated addresses were commonly used by services that received money for many customers into one wallet. Today, many wallets and services use subaddresses instead. A subaddress is another receiving address for the same wallet, without a separate payment ID.

When you can mine to one

For pool mining, you contribute computing work alongside other miners. The pool collects mining rewards and later sends you your share. Your integrated address would be the destination for those payouts, not something that changes how mining works.

Support depends on the pool’s payout software and account system. Some pools accept integrated addresses and preserve the embedded payment ID. Others accept only standard addresses or subaddresses.

Before you start, check:

• Does the service specifically say it supports Monero integrated addresses?
• Does it include the embedded payment ID in every payout?
• Does the receiving wallet or service accept payments from that pool?
• Is there a minimum payout amount or a fee?

An address passing a signup check is not enough to prove that payouts will work correctly. If the documentation is unclear, ask support before building up an unpaid balance. This matters just as much for browser-based mining as for installed mining software.

Be extra careful with exchange deposits

If an exchange gives you an integrated address, its embedded payment ID may be essential for crediting XMR to your account.

If a pool strips out or fails to send that ID, the XMR could reach the exchange’s wallet without being assigned to you. Recovering it may require support, transaction details, and a fee. Recovery is not guaranteed.

Also check the exchange’s minimum deposit and whether it accepts mining payouts. A pool payout below the exchange’s minimum might not be credited.

Do not shorten, edit, or replace an integrated address with its underlying standard address unless the receiving service explicitly tells you to.

The bottom line

You can mine to an integrated address when both your mining service and the receiver support that exact payout arrangement. For fewer moving parts, consider receiving payouts into your own wallet using a standard address or a supported subaddress, then sending XMR to an exchange when you want to sell. In either case, verify the address requirements before you start mining.